单词
writhe
英 [ra?e]
美
基本信息
- vi. 翻滚；蠕动
- vt. 扭曲；扭动
- n. 翻滚；扭动；苦恼
TEM8低频词扩展词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?writhes;过去式:?writhed;过去分词:?writhed;现在分词:?writhing;
助记提示
1. see wrench.
中文词源
writhe 扭曲
来自PIE*wer,弯，转，扭曲，词源同wring,wriggle.
英文词源
- writhe
- writhe: see wrist
- writhe (v.)
- Old English wriean (transitive) "to twist or bend," earlier "to bind or fetter," from Proto-Germanic *writhanan (cognates: North Frisian wrial, Old High German ridan, Old Norse riea, Middle Swedish vrita, Middle Danish vride), from PIE *wreit- "to turn, bend" (see wreath). Intransitive, of the body or limbs, "move in a twisting or tortuous manner," from c. 1300. Related: Writhed; writhing.
双语例句
- 1. The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment.
- 这个话题让她难堪得坐立不安。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and entwine.
- 他茫然地盯着仍在翻滚缠绕的鳗鱼。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Though the thought made her writhe, there was nothing she could do about it.
- "尽管她一想起这句话就痛心, 可是也毫无办法.
来自飘（部分）
- 4. While you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell.
- 当你得到安息的时候,我还要受折磨.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!
- 虫子越受苦, 我就越想碾碎它们.
来自辞典例句
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